Capt. Darren Elliot, one of Kaufman’s best friends, salutes at the cemetery. Dyl, meanwhile, carries Kaufman’s helmet at the graveside ceremony. *

Emergency services workers tend to Estracha Kopenski, who was one of two people hit by a car Thursday on Kearny Avenue. The woman and her husband, Albino, are both at University Hospital in Newark, receiving treatment for their injuries.
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Emergency service workers tend to Estracha Kopenski only moments after she and her husband were struck by a Chevy Tahoe while crossing Kearny Avenue at Boyd Street.
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ALL FOR ONE at the Kearny Fire Station on Kearny Avenue where the fire fighters are packing up the equipment that is not up to standards in America but can be used in South America. The gifts of equipment from the Kearny firefighters have been going on since late 2007 and they hope to encourage more fire departments to do the same *